Candlelight Ritual
You are welcome to light a candle in your own space as part of this ritual — only if it feels safe for you to do so. If lighting a physical candle isn’t possible or doesn’t feel right today, please know that the candles in this virtual space are here to companion you, just as you are. As each candle appears, you may choose to pause, breathe, remember, or simply sit in quiet presence. Stay as long as you need, return your attention when it wanders, and allow yourself to experience this ritual at your own pace.
Some losses do not have clean endings. You are allowed to carry what cannot be closed.
— Apples of Gold
Candle Room
If it’s safe, you are invited light a candle in your space. If not, let these candles hold the moment with you—return anytime, and use the Start again button below whenever you’re ready.
Your tears are chemistry and ceremony. Each one carries cortisol, memory, and release.
— Molesey Bridgette
Even in darkness, something in you remembers how to become.
— Apples of Gold
Grief does not want to be solved. It wants to be held. Sat with. Witnessed.
— Tierra Stockham
Grief does not want to be solved. It wants to be held. Sat with. Witnessed.
— Tierra Stockham
Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there is a trail of beautiful memories.
— Unknown
Even in darkness, something in you remembers how to become.
— Apples of Gold
When nothing softens the grief, may grief soften me.
— Andrea Gibson
Even in darkness, something in you remembers how to become.
— Apples of Gold
Some losses do not have clean endings. You are allowed to carry what cannot be closed.
— Apples of Gold
Hope does not erase grief. It makes room for breath alongside it.
— Apples of Gold
When nothing softens the grief, may grief soften me.
— Andrea Gibson
When nothing softens the grief, may grief soften me.
— Andrea Gibson
Stay as long as you need, return your attention when it wanders, and allow yourself to experience this ritual at your own pace. Use the Start again button to restart the candles lighting in this space.